Speech

While I’ve mentioned here and there several times that Jack Henry is speech delayed, I’ve never given the subject its own blog post. Because I finally have a bit of progress to share, today’s the day!
But first, how cute is he?

Last week, he had his second Parents as Teachers visit where the early childhood [...]

(almost) Wordless Wednesday: Footed Pajamas

Sigh. This is the last year for footed pajamas in our house (I don’t like to put them on kids who are potty trained; not that Bennett would have ever worn them past 2 anyway). Jack Henry wore his first pair of the season last night and looked so cute and cozy! [...]

Subliminal Messages

Er, not. This isn’t exactly subliminal…
Meet my new kitchen decor!
What I’ve really wanted to find for a while now are vintage sign letters. But, they are hard to come by. I’ve monitored etsy’s vintage section for a while now for letters big enough to use, and I don’t really have time to [...]

Fall TV…What Are You Watching?

OK, I LOVED the first episode of Glee…and liked the second one, but not as much as the first. The characters are SO over the top in many circumstances that I’m afraid I’m going to tire of it…but I’ll probably just keep watching because of the music! Reasons I loved week one:
1. In [...]

Last Day of Staycation!

(Several new recipes up on Three More Bites!)
So this is waaay overdue, but we’ve, like, been busy and stuff.
The last day of our staycation was Wednesday, and overnight Tuesday, Jack Henry developed a bit of a croupy-sounding cough (that thankfully, didn’t last) to go with his double ear infection (which is backwards, it usually happens [...]

School Supplies? Check.

Last year, I blogged about the date that Luke and I went on when we bought his school supplies. It’s funny, because while I’ve thought of that evening many times, I’d forgotten the particulars and was thankful that I’d posted about it.
I’ll wait here while you go read last year’s quick post where I [...]

The Bachelorette.

No, not the show, silly…my cute SIL Heidi is the bachelorette, and Saturday night was her big night!
Here was my itinerary:
Friday, 11pm: Try to fall asleep despite kid-at-Christmas anticipation.
Saturday, 3am: Awakened by Bennett, who needed something random in the middle of the night; contemplate just getting up for the day. Change my mind.
4:30am: Wake [...]

So Creative

Tiny bit of business first: I moved Alyssa’s modeling contest info to the sidebar…please still vote for her daily!
Luke is my creative kid…he is always coming up with a plan to make something out of paper that you wouldn’t think is possible (like clothes for a stuffed animal), making signs for things (arrows to point [...]

Whew!

What a weekend…
It started off great on Friday night by Matt and I leaving the kiddos in the capable hands of our regular sitter, and heading to a place we’ve wanted to try for a while now: Vin de Set. Highly recommended; be sure to get a seat on the rooftop so you can [...]

Impromptu Zoo Day!

I woke up this morning and realized a) it’s going to be a gorgeous day and b) it’s the last morning we have free before Luke starts summer school on Monday (which is only 8-10am, but still), so we should go to the zoo (aka the best zoo in all the land)! We have [...]